Wadi al-Joz

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Wadi Joz

Wadi al-Joz (

Arabic: وادي الجوز; Hebrew: ואדי אל-ג'וז), also Wadi Joz, is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located at the head of the Kidron Valley, north of the Old City of Jerusalem. The population of Wadi Joz is 13,000.[1]
It is located 750 meters above sea level in the Kidron Valley (Nahal Kidron).

"Wadi al-Joz", in Arabic, literally means "Valley of the Walnuts", though it is believed that the name is an abbreviation of "Valley of Josaphat", a location mentioned in the Bible, traditionally identified with the Kidron Valley.[2]

History

Old City and Temple Mount of Jerusalem
in the background

The neighborhood was established outside

Egypt in 1831, lost his governorship of Hebron during the 1834 Peasants' Revolt and thereafter settled permanently in Jerusalem.[4] In the early 1900s, an oil depot and distribution center was established in Wadi al-Joz.[1]

A home in Wadi al-Joz, 2011

Wadi al-Joz developed into its current shape between the

Old City and its sparse population.[4] Among the Jerusalemite refugees were residents of Baqa.[4] The bulk of the population influx in Wadi al-Joz is attributed to migration from the villages of the West Bank in the 1950s and 1960s.[5] In the center of Wadi al-Joz the shanty neighborhood of Jabal Abu Jibna was home to 350 residents, as of the 1990s, mainly from the vicinity of Sa'ir.[5] The owners of the 44 dunams, which make up the neighborhood are the Abu Jibna family.[5] The Abu Jibna were based in the Bab al-Silsila neighborhood of the Old City, purchased the land in Wadi al-Joz in the late 19th century and today mainly reside in Shuafat.[5]

In 2007, a neighborhood association was formed to push for improvements in local services and infrastructure.[6]

The neighborhood's main mosque is the Abdeen Mosque built in 1939. Another mosque is the Hejazi Mosque built later in the 20th century.[7]

The

Nahmanides.[citation needed
]

Economy

Wadi Al-Joz in 1946

Wadi al-Joz is well known in Jerusalem for its car repair centres, based in an industrial zone created by the last Palestinian mayor of Jerusalem,

Rawhi Khatib, who established it on 12 dunams of private waqf land owned by his family.[8]

Incidents

In September 2014, a local resident, Muhammad Abd Al-Majid Sunuqrut, 16, was shot during a protest. According to the teen’s father he was shot in the head with a rubber-coated bullet, reportedly, while walking to a mosque for evening prayers but according to the police he was shot in the leg and then fell injuring his head while throwing stones.[9] His father complained of recent harassment, consisting of the use of skunk spraying, rubber-coated bullets and tear gas, by IDF soldiers.[10]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b About Wadi Joz
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 319
  3. ^ Habash 1998, pp. 43–44.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Habash 1998, p. 45.
  5. ^ a b c d Habash 1998, p. 46.
  6. ^ "A Holy City Still Divided". LA Times.
  7. ISBN 90-411-8843-6
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  8. Jerusalem Quarterly
    Spring 1998,1
  9. ^ "Three arrested in clashes after Arab teen's funeral". Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  10. ^ 'Israeli forces shoot, critically injure Jerusalem teen,' Ma'an News Agency 1 September 2014.
  11. ^ The Palestinian Elite: The Legacy of Leadership

Bibliography

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